A hard deadline has passed

Hard deadlines are real commitments. When one passes with work remaining, PayMe escalates automatically.

Before the deadline: warnings start early

• 3+ days before: the task appears in the morning briefing as "at risk".
• 1 day before: the PM is notified via Telegram if remaining hours can't physically fit.
• Day of: a final warning is sent.

After the deadline: recovery windows

The planner creates recovery windows — blocks spread across the next available days to finish the remaining work. The task is flagged as overdue and sorted to the top of the agenda.

The PM receives a notification: "Hard deadline passed on [task] — [Xh] remaining. Recovery scheduled for [dates]."

Your options

1. Work the recovery windows — the planner has already scheduled them.
2. Reassign it — ask the PM to move the task to someone with capacity.
3. Mark it won't-do — if the work is no longer needed, cancel it.
4. Negotiate a new deadline — update the due date, the overdue flag clears.

Soft deadlines generate lighter treatment — the task rises in priority and the briefing notes it as "delayed", but no recovery windows are created.

Related

• Vacation Planning — if leave caused the miss
• Find Capacity — if reassignment is the answer
• Due Modes — auto, soft, hard explained